On Tuesday, August 24, I attended a Physical Education class with the second graders of Berry College Elementary and Middle School. They had their class in the open field below Frost Chapel on Berry Campus. For the P.E session, the children played a game where they had to hide an object worth a certain number of points in their hands and try to avoid being tagged by the opposite team. If the offense ran from one side of the field to the other without being tagged, they received points for the objects in their hands. However, if they got tagged, the received no points for their team. Both teams took turns playing offense and defense and at the end of the game the team with the most points won.
The activity was designed for children so it was safe for them. Though, many of them stumbled and fell trying to tag others/avoid being tagged, the grass was soft and they always bounced back up quickly. Through the game, the students were practicing and enhancing skills in strategy, agility and speed. Every student was actively engaged because they all found the game so entertaining and fun. Even when a few grew tired, they did not sit down but instead walked back and forth between the two sides cheering on their teammates.
I don’t believe I would want to change anything about the activity. The P.E. coach said that he has been with the school several years and in that time has had a chance to see what works and doesn’t work with the game. It was very clear that it ran smoothly and I wouldn’t want to modify something that already works so well.
Every student fully enjoyed his/her time of playing the game and several asked the P.E. coach if they were going to get to play it again next week. I believe this game is a great way for young children to exercise and let go of some built-up energy after spending much of their day in a classroom.
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